Overview
Dramatically refreshing the age-old debate about the novel's origins and purpose, Kent traces the origin of the modern novel to a late medieval fascination with the wounded, and often eroticized, body of Christ. A wide range of texts help to illustrate this discovery, ranging from medieval 'Pietas' to Thomas Hardy to contemporary literary theory.
- | Author: Rachel A. Kent
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 287 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1137541334
- | ISBN-13: 9781137541338
